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Auckland s best brunch, lunch, dinner and drinks, as recommended by the experts
19 May, 2021 05:00 PM
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Hangi Master chef Rewi Spraggon. Photo / Faanati Mamea, Supplied
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Auckland is awash with great options for dining, drinking and playing so sometimes the choice can be overwhelming. To get some help, we turned to local experts.
Rewi Spraggon
Where is your favourite place in Auckland to go for breakfast/brunch?
Amano in Britomart. They re consistent, the bakery is fabulous, and you know what you re going to get - you can guarantee you re going to get fed well and consistently. The staff and the food are top level. My favourite is kingfish and I always ask for their raw dish.
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Subscriber only In one of many missions flown by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter over the weekend, a three-year-old boy was flown out from Grafton on Saturday. At around 6pm Saturday, NSW Ambulance tasked the helicopter to carry out an urgent medical transfer from Grafton Hospital to the Gold Coast. The three-year-old was reported to be suffering a serious medical condition that required specialist treatment. He was stabilised by the critical care medical team, and was airlifted to Gold Coast University Hospital in a stable condition. It was one of four missions over the weekend in events that spanned the North Coast
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A woman injured after being washed over rocks at a Far North Coast beach saw her winched to safety by the Westpac Rescue Helicopter team.
The Westpac Rescue Helicopter was tasked by New South Wales Ambulance at 2.15pm on Saturday January 30, 2021 to Whites Beach, Broken Head south of Byron Bay, to a report of a person who was reported in distress after being caught in a rip in the surf.
With the aid of bystanders, the woman, 21, was pulled from the water, injured while being washed over rocks during the rescue.
Due to the location, the Helicopter Critical Care Medical Team were winch inserted into the area to access the patient and assist NSW Ambulance Paramedics.
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Byron Shire Council is taking a hard line on illegal campers these holidays, and will use technology to issue fines to those breaking the rules.
Deputy mayor Michael Lyon said council staff would be rostered on seven days a week, from early morning until late at night, in an effort to deal with the problem.
“The community has absolutely no tolerance for people pulling up in their streets, cooking on their footpaths and going to the toilet in their gardens,” he said.
“Similarly council has zero tolerance for illegal camping, nor for people deciding to park in our beach carparks or nature reserves for the night.